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battling









ADJECTIVE
warring
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The country’s Counter-Terrorism Service, a U.S.-trained force known for battling ISIS, commanded an estimated 14,000 soldiers as of 2024, fewer than the militias.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 30, 2026

Indonesia has been battling fires for weeks in parts of Borneo and Sumatra, sending suffocating haze across the islands and neighbouring Malaysia and Singapore.

From Barron's ● Sep. 26, 2026

Today is not like 2022, when the Fed was battling surging inflation with an aggressive rate-hiking cycle, Kourkafas noted.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 26, 2026

You're battling all the mental side that comes with it as well.

From BBC ● Sep. 23, 2026

“I don't know,” he replied in the middle of battling a jerk wing.

From "The Marvellers" by Dhonielle Clayton




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